Francois Severin Marceau

Francois Severin Marceau (1 March 1769-21 September 1796) was a general of France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Francois Severin Marceau was born in Chartres, and enlisted in the Royal French Army. However, in 1789 he took part in the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution and became a captain in the National Guard. He took part in the 1792 defense of Verdun against Ferdinand of Brunswick's Prussian army, and fought in the Vendee in 1793 against Royalists. After the 5 September 1793 Battle of Chantonnay he was made a Brigadier General, and he fought at the Battle of Cholet later that year. At Le Mans on 12-13 December 1793 and Savenay on 23 December he won victories alongside Jean-Baptiste Kleber.

In the wake of Le Mans, he was known for a love affair with a royalist lady named Angelique des Mesliers, but he could not save her from the guillotine. His broken health and military duty prevented him from marrying another woman, and fought on the Rhine from 1794 to 1796. At the Battle of Altenkirchen on 19 September 1796, he was mortally wounded in battle and died on 21 September.